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My suggestion is that they are doing this because of the MMO situation. I suspect that Beth would let IP publish the games under a label like "Fallout Classics" if they didn't currently have an adversarial legal relationship. In other words, they could be using this as leverage. But that...

The rights for the old games aren't currently up in the air. My guess is that Bethesda would let IP publish them under a label like "Fallout Classics" after the MMO issue is resolved. But it is possible that Beth is trying to squeeze the rights to the originals out of IP by making them...

Really? Is Bethesda’s audience deeper or longer? Seriously, disregarding marketing and that sort of thing, Beth’s games have a broader appeal if only because they have more handholding. People that don’t want handholding can usually tolerate or ignore it. People that want handholding...

Well, that's all I said. It's silly to think that they are doing this in order to prevent people from thinking FO3 isn't a "real" Fallout game, if only because the people that use that sort of language probably wouldn't consider FOT to be a "real" Fallout game. It's a spin-off in a different...

I don't think Beth really cares about whether some people on the net think FO3 is a "real" Fallout game. And I doubt that the people that use that sort of silly terminology would say that FOT is a "real" Fallout game. They actually do want to crush IP, at least until they get their MMO rights...

Well, I must admit that I don't have a high opinion of general consumer behavior, and many people that buy games aren't buying for themselves. Honestly, if I asked my mom to get Fallout 3, it's entirely possible that she'd walk out of the store with the Fallout Trilogy. Although, it's equally...

I don't think it does predate FO3. Before FO3, I remember the Fallout Collection, the Fallout Saga, and the dual jewel. The "trilogy" came out earlier this year in the U.S. And it is a little confusing for the uninitiated. If you bought a Matrix "trilogy" box set, you wouldn't expect...

They do have a similar history in that they both pioneered FP action games. But id is more focused on developing tech, so I doubt they share much in the way of development or business philosophy.

^I know Squeenix does. I think they even throw everyone into the same pool.

Well, they only need a fraction of the audience to get a good start. And successful MMOs definitely tap into players' competitive tendencies, certainly more than single-player RPGs. It's one of the things that keeps people coming back. They've got an audience that is already willing to spend...

Theoretically, they don't have to. You can have a successful MMO with <500k subscribers. The expectations for initial sales are much lower than a single-player title, and a quarter-million people (including a decent number of TES fans) might be enough to get it off the ground. If it's an...

In visiting general gaming sites, and looking at sales charts, I've always been struck by how well Beth's recent games have been received on consoles, which don't have any user-made mods. But you are still talking about a different sort of game made by a different developer. Right now, we...

That's a very strange position to take. Bethesda's products are relatively unique in the current market, and they actually have a notable degree of longevity. And again, BGS probably wouldn't be making this game. It's a different studio. And I can't imagine how you could see Zenimax as...

It's typically meant as an insult, as if to say that the games have a big MMO-style world without the genuine social component, which results in a hollow experience. It can also be used to indicate lame quest design. I've even heard people use it as an insult against The Witcher for the latter...

I'll admit that I don't have a high opinion of MMORPGs, or much experience with them for that matter, but I believe that the main draw is not in the writing or the animations. In fact, many people disparagingly refer to Beth's games as single-player MMOs. But you are still missing the point...

I think you are confused because you don't understand the structure. Zenimax online studios would presumably develop any TES MMO, and that studio certainly has some people with experience in MMO development. They've already got a decent base of potential customers and a franchise that would work...

I suspect that they will put the numbered sequels on next-gen consoles. They might be working on that, but I haven't heard much from MS or Sony about launching new machines. It is possible that they are putting a spin-off together for Oblivion, like New Vegas. We've also heard about a Wii...

I tend to agree, especially when the original creators are involved. If they are creative enough to have made a great IP in the past, then I'd rather see a new IP than a rehash. And I'm not even sold on the value of the license. Wasteland is a really old PC exclusive that has largely been...

I honestly don't care much about the animations. I think they should work on bringing back Z-axis movement (for the ES games), enhancing the environmental interactivity, and decreasing the number of loading points. I'd be more interested in seeing ladders, destructible doors, and breakable...

Is it better to have Activision or EA "leech" off of them? Bethesda Softworks has a mixed track record as a publisher, but if they take care of Id like they take care of BGS, then Id will be better off with them. Bethesda really did a helluva job in selling FO3 and Oblivion. I don't think that...